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DRAW PULL.

APPLIGATIONI'ILBD DEU. 26, 1902.

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UNITED` STATES Patented September 29, 1903.A

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DRAW-PU LL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 740,300, dated September 29, 1903.

Application filed December 26, 1902. Serial No. 136,582. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, CHARLES F. MosMAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Draw-Pulls, of which the following is a specification.

My invention refers to a new and improved construction of drawer-pull of the class ernployed upon household furniture, and relates more especially to means for conveniently and quickly attaching the pulls to such furniture.

The invention is particularly applicable to both double and single styles of pulls,whether and placed upon the market united. In thev assembling of these posts in the hardware factory the nuts or screws of the posts referred to are run far on or into the posts in question. Therefore when the trimmer takes up the pull for attachment his first labor is to remove both of these nuts or screws, next he inserts the posts through the holes of the drawer, which holes are usually bored very much larger than the diameter of the wire posts in order to also accommodate the cast styles of posts, which latter are thickest. After the posts are inserted, as above, the nuts are attached from the inside of' the drawer, the pull next alined with the drawer, so that the posts are located perfectly central of the hole, after which the nut is set tightly with a wrench. It is not only diflicult, but consumes considerable time, to properly aline wire-post pulls on cabinet-drawers having large holes. This time, combined with that of running the nut on and ed the post, constitutes more than half of thel labor of trimming.

It is therefore the object of my invention to provide a knob or pull with a post and means for attachment whereby it may be conveniently and quickly attached just as it comes from the hardware manufacturer and without the necessity of disassemhling the parts and by means which will insure the proper alinement of the pull with the hole and drawer to which it is attached.

Having the above objects in view, my invention resides in the construction and arrangement of parts illustrated upon the accompanying sheet of drawings, forminga part of lthis specification, u pon which like letters of reference denote corresponding parts throughout the several Views, and of which- Figure l shows a front elevation of a double drawer-pull such as my invention is applicable to. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section taken on line 2- 2 of Fig. l and illustrating the manner of attaching my pull to a cabinet. Fig. 3 is a detailed perspective view of one end of a back shown in the preceding views, together with the post, nut, and washer illustrated in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a central vertical section of aknob or single pull wherein a screw connection is employed for its attachment instead of a threaded post and nut, as illustrated in the preceding views. Fig. 5 is a detailed perspective view of the knob shown in the preceding figure. Fig. 6 is a central vertical section taken on a line similar to that of Fig. 2, but through a cast-post style of double pull, and which, like the single pull, employs a screw and washer for attachment.

From the above it will be obvious that my invention isvaluable as applied to numerous styles of pulls and is not confined in its application to either the wire or cast pulls and will materially assist in the proper attachment thereof to furniture for which it is designed.

' Referring in detail to the letters of reference marked upon the drawings, @represents a back, b b posts, and c the bail of what is known as a double pull, and such as is illustrated in Figs. l to 3, inclusive. In the production of these articles both the back and bail are usually ornamented by appropriate designs, which are cast or stamped thereon, Such ornamentation forms no part of my invention, and for the sake of clearness I have shown these parts perfectly plain.

' ol indicates a section of a cabinet or drawer front, and e a bore therethrough, which, as shown in Fig. 2, is of a size larger than that ofthe wire'post and of a size proper to re- (Shown in cially-detachable yoke or washer il, which 'is open on one edge, as at j, to permit of its attachment to the posts or screws after the same have been inserted, as above, and Without the removal of the nut or screw, as Will be obviousl7 apparent from the latter figures of the drawings. This Washer also contains a centering and holding hub 7c, which may be formed by stamping, producing an outer recess, as illustrated, or the Washer can be made in any other durable andl practical Way.

From the above construction it Will be seen that in the first instance my pull can be quickly attached to a cabinet Without the removal of the nuts, and, secondly, can be prop- This is erly centered in the large holes of the same by means of the hubbed washer, and, finally, I

can be firmly secu red in such position by the tightening up ofthe nut or screw against the Washer, which is interposed between it and the drawer. Y

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat- 1. In a drawer-pull, the combination with a post'having a threaded shank and a nut therefor, an open Washer to straddle said post intermediate of the nut and cabinet, and a projection on the Washer to engage the cabinet and retain the Washer in place.

2. In a drawer-pull the combination with a post having a threaded shank, a nut therefor, an open washer kto straddle the post, and a hub on the washer to engage the bore for said cabinet in a manner to centralize the post.

Signed at Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, this 11th day of December, A. D. 1902. Y

CHARLES F. MOSMAN. Witnesses:

C. M. NEWMAN, SAM P. SENIOR. 

